‘What’s a little secret you know only because you work in that industry?’ – 21 eye-opening professional ‘confessions’

If you’ve ever been bored witless at work – and let’s face it, that’s all of us – your wandering thoughts will no doubt have led you to consider what it would be like to work in an entirely new industry. But would it actually be more exciting, or would you be just as jaded in a different place? Over on Reddit, user Fuck_the_Market asked:

What’s a little secret that you know only because you work in that industry?

And the answers will either persuade you you’re best off where you are, or have you sprucing up your CV immediately.

1.

‘I work in visual effects for TV and film. Most people that assumes big explosions and such, which it is, but a lot of it is cosmetic fixes and de-aging for the stars.’
–perpetualmotionmachi

2.

‘Teachers do in fact have favourite students.’
–Unnecessary-Theory

3.

‘Today’s soup of the day, was yesterday’s soup of the day, now with rice!’
–MagnusJohannes

4.

‘Sometimes when a job is posted and the requirements are unrealistic, that’s because they already have someone that needs to be promoted to that specific position and they simply tailor that job ad so only that person qualifies even if hundreds of people apply.’
–irosion

5.

‘Political propaganda TV hosts and speakers don’t believe that shit themselves and are very cynical about it, like it’s just a job like any other.’
–daluxe

6.

‘Bartenders find a discreet spot to google the recipe for that rare drink you just ordered.’
–Nalga_Tronic

7.

‘Your call isn’t really important to us.’
–sfbiker999

8.

‘As far as I can tell, ‘military grade’ means painted green.’
–Sekshual_Tyranosauce

9.

‘The ‘signal strength’ bars on your phone don’t mean anything real. Each phone manufacturer comes up with their own secret formula, it might change between software versions, and it’s just a holdover from the old 1st generation analog phones when received signal strength was the only important metric. 4G and 5G networks are way too complex to distill into one bar graph, but customers are used to it, so phones still have it.’
–theNewLevelZero

10.

‘The massive, professional-quality cinema projectors that movie theatres use… the ones that can project crystal-clear 4K+ images… the ones linked to top-notch surround systems that make movies come to life… the ones so big they have a giant exhaust hose…

‘…they have regular HDMI ports on the side.

‘The staff has totally ripped each other apart in Mortal Kombat, or explored a fantasy world in Breath of the Wild or blown away enemies in Call of Duty on the big-screen when everyone has left for the night. Or brought in some 4K discs and screened movies that haven’t been in theatres in decades in near cinema-quality. Or loaded up a streaming app and watched a streaming-exclusive movie in theatres.’
–TedStixon